Improvement in egg-carriers



UNITED STATES A'IENT DFFICE.

SETH E. SMITH, OF NORTH ADAMS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO WILLIAM H. WILBER, 0F SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-CARRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,379, dated May 28,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SETH H. Smrrnof North Adams, in the county ofHillsdale and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Egg-Carriers; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawin g and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof an eggcarrier, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable. others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective View of my egg carrier, Fig. 2 is a similarView of the same with the top removed 5 and Figs. 3 and 4 are views ofthe pockets.

The frame of my egg-carrier is made in horizontal sections, frames orracks, atop and a bottom section, A A, and one or more intermediatesections, B. The top and bottom sec tions A A are made in the shape of abox, and of any desired dimensions, while the intermediate sections aremerely open frames, of precisely the same size and shape as the top andbottom sections. Across the edges of the top and bottom sections A A, aswell as 011 both sides of each intermediate section, two wires, to a,are woven in the following manner: The wires to a are placed across theframe about one-fourth of an inch apart then a space sufficient to admitof an egg; then the two Wires again, and so on, until the frame is alloccupied. In like manner two other wires are placed or woven across theother way, with one wire over and the other under the others,alternately. O 0 represent metal pieces or straps, bent substantially inthe shape shown in the drawing, and sprung across the wires where saidwires cross each other, thus formin g pockets in which the eggs are torest. The bottom section of my egg-carrier is first filled with an eggin each pocket. Then one of the intermediate sections B is placed on topof the same, the eggs in the bottom section projecting up into the lowerpockets of the intermediate section. The upper pockets of this sectionare then filled, and so on, until at last the top section is put on,closing the whole. The sections areheldinplacebymeans of L-shaped platesD D, attached to the corners of all the sections except the top one, andextending up to inclose the lower ends of the corners on the sectionimmediately above. the top section are bound with metal plates, asshown.Across each of the top and bottom sections AA is ametal bar, E, the endsof which extend on opposite sides, and are turned outward, forming earsb I), through the corresponding ones of which are passed screws. Gr,thus coupling or uniting all the sections firmly together. The pocketsmade of metal, as above described, keep the eggs cool, and being openadmit of large eggs, and still hold small eggs in the same pockets.

In case the rack should get a hard jar the pockets spring; and if anyeggs become broken the racks can be scalded out and kept clean. Thepockets can also readily be repaired in case of accident. The eggs maybe taken out from the top or bottom, as may be desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the cross-wiresa a and metal pieces or straps O(l, constructed as shown and described to form spring-pockets for anegg-carrier, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The angular plates D D, attached to the corners of each section of asectional egg-carrier, and extending up to hold the section above,substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination of the top and bottom sections A A, one or moreintermediate sections, B, pockets formed of the wires or a, and straps CG, angular plates D D, and couplings E G, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this2d day of February, 1872.

SETH H. SMITH. O. L. EVERT, FRANKLIN L. JERRELLs.

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